Opinion Line Extra (Aug. 20)

If we give Iran one dollar, we truly a stupid country. With a stupid leader.

Ban all abortions! Deport all illegals! Repeal Obamacare! These GOP slogans may appeal to low-information voters, but they are not solutions and they bear no relation to reality.

If the GOP would be successful in repealing the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, would Canadian-born, Cuban-fathered Ted Cruz lose his U.S. citizenship?

Donald Trump is not “denigrating women.” Besides, anything he has said doesn’t hold a candle to the mistreatment of women by the Democratic Party. But Trump is a flash in the pan, and desperate conservatives will see through him soon enough.

It is obvious that the GOP candidates are not statesmen nor willing to listen to anyone but themselves. That is not what this country needs now or in the future. We need candidates who are willing to bring both their country and their party back together, in that order.

The Republicans are tired of being called racists. Their answer: relegate the civil rights movements of the 1960s in school textbooks to a few sentences, and then remove all mention of discrimination from our history.

The president, former Attorney General Eric Holder and others have called for a national dialogue on race for six years and counting. Obviously they just want to call for a dialogue, not actually engage in one.

The NSA’s collect-everything policy is like a rookie ballplayer, standing at the plate, gawking at the crowd in fascination, when in comes the pitch and hits him in the side of the head.

Amazing how the city of Wichita has money to paint bicycle symbols on the streets, but no money to paint the stripes on traffic lanes for the cars.

I’ve played SimCity successfully many times. It may be a game, but citizens demand parks, museums and cultural entertainment as the city grows. Apparently I already know better than the Sedgwick County commissioners.

I am so tired of hearing about California’s water shortage. They would have much more water available for those who need it if they escorted every border-crossing criminal in the state to the U.S. border with the clear understanding that they should not come back.

To the person who blamed California’s lack of rain on their sins: What sins did the people in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas commit during their extreme drought the past few years? Extreme conservatism?

To those of you who spend more on a stereo than your car is worth and then drive around with the bass cranked up: No one wants to hear that crap.

This story was originally published August 19, 2015 at 7:02 PM with the headline "Opinion Line Extra (Aug. 20)."